Jewish Thought & Philosophy
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Philosophical Witnessing
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Between Arab & Jew The Lost Voice of Simon RawidowiczDavid N. MyersAn exploration of the fascinating Jewish thinker Simon Rawidowicz and his provocative views on Arab refugees and the fate of Israel. |
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Memoirs: Hans JonasChristian Wiese, ed.; Krishna Winston, translatorBecause Jonas’s life spanned the entire twentieth century, this memoir provides nuanced pictures of German Jewry during the Weimar Republic, of German Zionism, of the Jewish emigrants in Palestine during the 1930s and 1940s, and of German Jewish émigré intellectuals in New York. In addition, Jonas outlines the development of his work, beginning with his studies under Husserl and Heidegger and extending through his later metaphysical speculations about “God after Auschwitz.” |
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The Life and Thought of Hans Jonas: Jewish DimensionsChristian WieseAn analysis of the Jewish background of an eminent philosopher. |
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Leo Strauss and the Politics of Exile: The Making of a Political PhilosopherEugene Sheppard"With a graceful weave of biography, historical context, and philosophical analysis, Eugene Sheppard presents an intellectual portrait of Leo Strauss that boldly challenges the clichés that becloud his legacy." |
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Jewish History and Jewish Memory: Essays in Honor of Yosef Hayim YerushalmiElisheva Carlebach, John M. Efron and David M. Myers, eds."This refreshing panorama of the diverse vistas of Jewish history and thought offers students and scholars of Jewish studies valuable new material and fresh insights across a time span from medieval to modern times." |
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State of Israel, Diaspora, and Jewish Continuity: Essays on the “Ever-Dying People”Simon Rawidowicz"Rich in content, a pleasure to read, an encounter with the first-rate mind of a major historian of Jewish intellectual history reflecting on issues that engaged him passionately." |
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From Text to Context: The Turn to History in Modern JudaismIsmar SchorschEssays examining the emergence of Jewish scholarship during the period 1818-1919, concentrating on the Wissenschaft des Judentums movement. |
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Confronting the Nation: Jewish and Western NationalismGeorge L. Mosse"This collection showcases Mosse’s extraordinary talents as a European intellectual and cultural historian." |
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The Meaning of Jewish Existence: Theological Essays, 1930-1939Alexander Altmann"This collection of deeply passionate and poignant, learned, and eloquent essays by a young Orthodox rabbi facing the growing Nazi horror is important for historians, philosophers, and theologians." |
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The Philosophy of Franz RosenzweigPaul Mendes-FlohrEleven essays on the life and thought of Jewish philosopher and theologian Franz Rosenzweig. |
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The Jewish Response to German Culture: From Enlightenment to the Second World WarJehuda Reinharz and Walter Schatzberg, eds."A valuable contribution to the continuing flow of studies of German Jews and their relations with the rest of German society in the last two centuries." |